diff --git a/.changeset/tough-rats-sip.md b/.changeset/tough-rats-sip.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c1b9f063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tough-rats-sip.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@changesets/get-github-info": patch
+"@changesets/changelog-github": patch
+---
+
+Errors resulting from the GitHub API calls should now be properly raised.
diff --git a/packages/get-github-info/src/index.ts b/packages/get-github-info/src/index.ts
index 0e919e43b..822e77a43 100644
--- a/packages/get-github-info/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/get-github-info/src/index.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function makeQuery(repos: ReposWithCommitsAndPRsToFetch) {
                     mergeCommit {
                       commitUrl
                       abbreviatedOid
-                    }            
+                    }
                   }`
               )
               .join("\n")}
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ const GHDataLoader = new DataLoader(async (requests: RequestData[]) => {
     body: JSON.stringify({ query: makeQuery(repos) })
   }).then((x: any) => x.json());
 
+  if (data.errors) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `An error occurred when fetching data from GitHub\n${JSON.stringify(
+        data.errors,
+        null,
+        2
+      )}`
+    );
+  }
+
   // this is mainly for the case where there's an authentication problem
   if (!data.data) {
     throw new Error(